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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
art_history_animalia@historians.social ("Art History Animalia") wrote:
#Parrots often turn up as props in European fruit/food feast still life paintings, such as these works by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865):
1 Fruit Still Life with an Amazon Parrot 1824
🆔Turquoise-fronted Amazon, native to South America
https://www.wikiart.org/en/ferdinand-georg-waldm-ller/fruit-still-life-with-an-amazon-parrot-1824
2 Still Life with Fruit and Parrot 1831
🆔female Eclectus Parrot, native to Australasia/Melanesia
https://www.wikiart.org/en/ferdinand-georg-waldm-ller/still-life-with-fruit-and-parrot
(also note the fruiting pineapple plant in both!)
